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Download full textFederal Communications Commission, Washington, DC. – 1974
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Report and Policy Statement on Children's Television Programs summarizes the findings of a series of hearings held in response to a petition of Action for Children's Television (ACT), urging that the FCC prohibit sponsorship and commercials in children's programing, forbid product mention by program…
Descriptors: Commercial Television, Educational Television, Federal Legislation, Programing (Broadcast)
Action for Children's Television, Boston, MA. – 1971
Action for Children's Television (ACT) filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which advocated rules toward eliminating commercial content in children's programming. In response to the television industry's reaction to this petition ACT undertook the analysis of current commercial content on several popular shows for…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Business Responsibility, Children, Commercial Television
